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Bose soundtouch
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Possible to add Bose Soundtouch control to zipabox
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API?
API?
It looks as if the Bose Soundtouch allows you to control it via its API with HTTP requests, rather like the Sonos.
See here:
http://products.bose.com/api-developer/index.html
and the forum:
https://www.soundtouch.com/Community
It actually looks very, very similar to the Sonos API. So you might want to seek out my post on how I managed to control the Sonos using HTTP requests.
It looks as if the Bose Soundtouch allows you to control it via its API with HTTP requests, rather like the Sonos.
See here:
http://products.bose.com/api-developer/index.html
and the forum:
https://www.soundtouch.com/Community
It actually looks very, very similar to the Sonos API. So you might want to seek out my post on how I managed to control the Sonos using HTTP requests.
Still an answer from Zipato would be nice? I have looked at this to but I am al over the place when it comes to sound and video.
The ground is that I want to have wall switches for controlling it, if I buy any multiform system.
And som funn automation ea. when cocking music on and when turning of lights and kitchen fan turn off music. Something like that.
Still an answer from Zipato would be nice? I have looked at this to but I am al over the place when it comes to sound and video.
The ground is that I want to have wall switches for controlling it, if I buy any multiform system.
And som funn automation ea. when cocking music on and when turning of lights and kitchen fan turn off music. Something like that.
In that case you probably want a scene controller. You can get scene controllers in the form of wall switches. They would trigger a virtual switch in the Zipabox, which would trigger the rule that turns on the speakers and starts playing the music. If you have lights controlled by home automation it would be easy to link rules to their operation, but a cooking hood might be trickier. You could plug the cooking hood into a Z-wave on/off switch (the socket of the hood is usually hidden, so it'd need to be done on installation) and then operate the hood via the Zipabox (perhaps using the same scene controller). It would need careful planning.
In that case you probably want a scene controller. You can get scene controllers in the form of wall switches. They would trigger a virtual switch in the Zipabox, which would trigger the rule that turns on the speakers and starts playing the music. If you have lights controlled by home automation it would be easy to link rules to their operation, but a cooking hood might be trickier. You could plug the cooking hood into a Z-wave on/off switch (the socket of the hood is usually hidden, so it'd need to be done on installation) and then operate the hood via the Zipabox (perhaps using the same scene controller). It would need careful planning.
But don't you think that is a workaround? You can also buy a raspberry pie with z-wave and program everything you want! ;-)
I am thinking you can use a wall plugin device messuer power consumption and make a rule from that. If hood is consuming more than x turn on music.... Limitless...
But Zipato need more advanced features and interface with more hifi and music systems. Bose, music cast, Samsung, cromecast audio.... And so on.
Logitech Harmony is the fast way to interact.
But don't you think that is a workaround? You can also buy a raspberry pie with z-wave and program everything you want! ;-)
I am thinking you can use a wall plugin device messuer power consumption and make a rule from that. If hood is consuming more than x turn on music.... Limitless...
But Zipato need more advanced features and interface with more hifi and music systems. Bose, music cast, Samsung, cromecast audio.... And so on.
Logitech Harmony is the fast way to interact.
Well, depends. Bose Soundtouch doesn't use a standard protocol, I suppose, so they'd have to add specific support for it. But if you can use HTTP requests in the meantime, why not do so? It's actually better if devices are controllable using a commonly available protocol, because that way all controllers don't need to add specific support for each brand for them to be usable.
Well, depends. Bose Soundtouch doesn't use a standard protocol, I suppose, so they'd have to add specific support for it. But if you can use HTTP requests in the meantime, why not do so? It's actually better if devices are controllable using a commonly available protocol, because that way all controllers don't need to add specific support for each brand for them to be usable.
One thing does not exclude the other. But defiantly are with you.
In your opinion what is best Sonos or Bose.... If you are planing both ceiling speakers and table standing units?
The UI is everything. I could not se suport for Apple music in Bose. What have best sound quality? Factor in what you know?
One thing does not exclude the other. But defiantly are with you.
In your opinion what is best Sonos or Bose.... If you are planing both ceiling speakers and table standing units?
The UI is everything. I could not se suport for Apple music in Bose. What have best sound quality? Factor in what you know?
No idea! I've never used the Bose, in fact I didn't know about it until I read this post.
What I can say is that Sonos over wifi continually gives me problems with interference, and changing the wifi channel seems to make no difference. I've just ordered the Sonos Boost in the hope that it will fix this (it creates a separate mesh network for Sonos rather than using wifi). Compare what people are saying about the Bose. If the Boost is always needed then obviously that's another €99 on top of what is already an expensive system. The sound quality seems very good to me, although I'm no audiophile.
No idea! I've never used the Bose, in fact I didn't know about it until I read this post.
What I can say is that Sonos over wifi continually gives me problems with interference, and changing the wifi channel seems to make no difference. I've just ordered the Sonos Boost in the hope that it will fix this (it creates a separate mesh network for Sonos rather than using wifi). Compare what people are saying about the Bose. If the Boost is always needed then obviously that's another €99 on top of what is already an expensive system. The sound quality seems very good to me, although I'm no audiophile.
The Sonos software leaves something to be desired, I think. One absolute no-brainer is to save the "grouped" state of speakers and automatically restore it, something many people have asked for on the forums. And yet Sonos seem unwilling or unable to implement this basic feature. The result is that, if you turn off your speakers most of the time to save power, like me, when you turn them on again they're ungrouped, and there's no way to group them via the API. If you look for my post I've sort of worked around this so that I can turn on the whole system automatically from the Zipabox every morning, but it's still a glaring deficiency.
The Sonos software leaves something to be desired, I think. One absolute no-brainer is to save the "grouped" state of speakers and automatically restore it, something many people have asked for on the forums. And yet Sonos seem unwilling or unable to implement this basic feature. The result is that, if you turn off your speakers most of the time to save power, like me, when you turn them on again they're ungrouped, and there's no way to group them via the API. If you look for my post I've sort of worked around this so that I can turn on the whole system automatically from the Zipabox every morning, but it's still a glaring deficiency.
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